Frame-hanger.



H. H. & H. SHEPARD;

FRAME HANGER. APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 10, 1908.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

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HARRY H. SHEPARD AND HARRY SHEPARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FRAME-HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY II. SHEPARD and HARRY SHEPARD, citizens ofthe United States, and each a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn,county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Frame- Hangers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to means for suspending andholding picture frames, mirrors or similar articles employed as wallornaments.

The primary object of the invention is to provide simple and etficientmeans whereby a picture frame or other article may be properly suspendedand held at the desired angle from the usual molding or other supportingmeans located on the wall, and which means is so constructed that it maybe easily placed in position and cheaply made and adapted for variousshapes and sizes of frames containing pictures or other ornaments,thereby overcoming the objection incident to the use of the ordinarywire requiring a separate hanging element which requires a ladder orother means for placing the same in position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and ornamentaldevice which may be adjustable to adapt the article to be suspended andheld at the desired height, and to provide a device which may be readilyheld in position on the wall and to the article to be suspended.

IVith these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out inthe claim at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of deviceembodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail fragmentary view, partly insection and partly in elevation, of a sectional suspending element. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of a device which may be attached to theback of one of the frames. Fig. t shows a somewhat different form ofsuspending element in which two members are adjustably held together.Fig. 5 shows how the end of the suspending element may be arranged to beplaced over a nail or other projection instead of on the molding asshown in Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 10, 1908.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Serial No. 461,953.

Fig. 6 shows another form of means for suspending the frame or article.Fig. 7 shows the hook or element for holding the frame at the upper partthereof at the desired angle. Fig. 8 shows another form of suspendingelement for holding the frame; and Fig. 9 is a detail perspective viewof a device which may be attached to the frame to suspend the samewithout placing the bottom of the frame onto the lower part of thesuspending element.

The wall 10 may have the usual molding 11 at the upper part thereof andfitting about said molding is a hooked end 12 of a suspending element13. This element or suspending rod may comprise a plurality of sectionsor members 14, one end of which is provided with a threaded socket inwhich is adapted to fit a threaded stem 15 of the adjacent section ormember. This element 13 may have a part 16 at or near the lower endthereof to hold the same a proper distance from the wall, and its lowerend is extended at 17 to provide an angular portion on which is adaptedto rest the frame of a picture or other article 18. A hook element 19having an eye 20 at one end is slidingly held on the suspending rod orelement 18 to adapt the same to be moved vertically thereon, and theouter end of said element 19 is provided with a hook portion 21 which isadapted to fit into an eye 22 in a device 23 by which the frame orarticle may be held at the proper angle. The device 23 may be providedwith a collar portion 24E from which projects a threaded stem 25 whichis adapted to fit in the frame. By making the suspending element 13 insections, the picture or article to be suspended may be elevated to thedesired height by the removal of one or more of the sections or theinsertion of others as desired.

In Fig. 4 the suspending element 26 comprises two members 27 and 28 andmay be made of light material to suspend and hold frames of a lightconstruction, though of course said device may be made strong enough tohold various kinds of frames. As shown the member 28 is in the form of abar and is provided with a projecting part 29 to hold the same theproper distance from the wall, and at the lower end of the member 28 isa hooked part 30 on which the frame or article is supported, and in saidmember 28 and extending lengthwise thereof is a groove or channelportion 31 so as to make said member 28 substantially U- shaped in crosssection. The member 27 is somewhat narrower than the member 28 and isadapted to fit in the groove or channel at its lower end, and its upperend is provided with a hooked portion 32 to fit over the molding and isadapted to be slidingly held to the member 28 so that said element maybe adjusted to difierent lengths. There may be slots to effect thisadjustment and for holding the members together a series of apertures 33may be provided in each member lengthwise thereof through which may passa bolt 3% on which is arranged a thumb or other nut 35 to hold themembers properly together.

Fig. 5 differs from Fig. 1 mainly in having an eye 36 instead of thehook portion 12 and by which the suspending element may be held to anail or other projecting part on the wall.

The device shown in Fig. 6 has a main supporting rod or member 37 whichmay be of any desired shape and is adapted to be held to any suitablesupport, and adjustably held to this member 37 is a horseshoe orsubstantially U-shaped member 38. This member 38 may have hook portions39 at the lower end thereof and a part 40 which is adapted to fit overthe member 37 to move lengthwise thereof' The member 37 is provided withseries of apertures a1 and carried by the member 38 and in the part- 40is a bolt or other engaging part 42 by which the element 38 may beadjusted lengthwise of the member 37 to support the article at differentheights.

Fig. 7 shows a hook element for holding the frame or article at thedesired angle and is made of detachable sections as and 4.3, one ofwhich has ahook portion to engage a part of the frame and the other aneye portion &5 to engage the suspending element. This permits differentsizes of sections to be used and serves to hold the frame at differentangles with respect to the suspending element.

In Fig. 8 the supporting element 45 has its lower end 46 detachablyconnected to the section 47 and is provided with a hook portion 48 forthe picture frame or article.

In Fig. 9 is shown a device 49 to be attached to the frame so that ahook such as shown in F ig. 8 or other part may engage the same insteadof having the frame supported and suspended as in the other figures. Inthis case there may be one or more of the devices 49, and said devicesmay consist of a body portion 50 with apertures 51 serving as securingmeans, and with a curved engaging part 52 to be engaged by thesuspending ele ment.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and efficient device isprovided whereby frames, ornaments or other articles may be quickly andreadily supported from the molding on the wall or other support in sucha way as to dispense with the usual method of hanging the frames bywires; that said device may be made ornamental and attractive inappearance and of sufficient strength and size to hold various sizes offrames and articles, and that simple means is provided whereby thearticle may be adjusted to different heights or supported at differentangles.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A frame hanger consisting of a plurality ofrods removably secured to each other, one of said rods terminating in acurved ofi-set portion, another of said rods being provided with aprojection adapted to engage the wall when the device is in position,said rod terminating in an L-shaped member, the inner surface of whichis beveled, said L-shaped member being adapted to support a frame, ahook member adjustable upon the rod sections, said hook memberconsisting of an eye embracing said rod and a hook removably secured tosaid eye, said hook being adapted to engage an attaching device securedto said frame.

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of November A. D.1908.

HARRY H. SHEPARD. HARRY SHEPARD. Witnesses:

E. KRAMER, W. A. TOWNER, Jr.

